单词 | nabob |
释义 | nabob (once / 2746 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY nabob: nabobs USAGE EXAMPLESYou've squashed the nattering nabobs and produced a memorable Olympics. New York Times(Aug 21, 2016) Agnew drew attention with his regular broadsides against the media, calling them "nattering nabobs of negativism." US News(Jun 14, 2016) How on Aug. 22, 1944, the Nabob was struck by a German torpedo off Norway’s North Cape. Wall Street Journal(Feb 28, 2016) 1 n a governor in India during the Mogul empire 2Syn|Hyper nawab governor the head of a state government n a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient) Hyper man of means, rich man, wealthy man a man who is wealthy |
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